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    "id": 764298,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "The Deputy Speaker",
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    "content": "The Mover of Order No. 11 has requested that we defer that Order to tomorrow. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL DROUGHT MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY ACT, 2016 AWARE that the right to adequate food is affirmed under Article 25 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and Article 11 of the 1966 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as part of the right to an adequate standard of living; FURTHER AWARE THAT Article 43 (1) (c) and (d) of the Constitution of Kenya provides for economic and social rights for every person and in particular the right to be free from hunger, to have adequate food of acceptable quality, and to have clean and safe water in adequate quantities; CONCERNED that this fundamental right is under threat as various Counties battle severe drought occasioned by successive failure in rainfall; CONCERNED that over 3.4 million people including over 370,000 children are acutely malnourished and in urgent need of emergency assistance while millions of livestock have perished and the remaining are in extremely poor body condition as a result of the drought; FURTHER CONCERNED that the situation in drought ravaged parts of the country poses a serious threat to Human dignity, peace, security and stability following loss of livelihoods leading to scramble for scarce resources by the affected communities;"
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